Information taken from newspaper obituary;
Taken from tomb stone; Spens was buried in Utah then moved to Wyoming a few years later;
deceased membership records, bapbtized and confirmed on the same day, baptized
by William L. Shelley and confirmed by William Olsen; ordained an Elder on 15
Mar 1919;
Deceased member record, 884,334, dau of Ernst McAthur and Carrie Christensen; died of heart ailment
Obituary Scrapbook, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers: Carrie C. G. Mcarthur (Elva's mother: )Carrie C.G. Mcarthur: She is survived by her husband, three sons and six daughters, Perry, Theodore and Evan McArthur, Mrs. Nelson Johansen, Mrs. James Burnside, Mrs. Fred Spens, Mrs. D. A. Shelley, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. George G. Jackson, Kenilworth, and Mrs. Paul Frandsen, Springville; four brothers, Jens, Thomas and Henry Christensen, Mt. Pleasant, and Hyrum Christensen, Sawtelle, Cal.; six sisters, Mrs. Albert Norman, Fairview; Mrs. Charles Averett, Ogden; Mrs. Byron Wheelock, Mammoth: Mrs. Perry Brady, Rigby, Idaho; Mrs. Thomas Thompson and Mrs. William L. Shelley, Mt. Pleasant 38 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
deceased membership records;
deceased membership record;